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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,117, dated August14, 1900.

Application led March 24, 1900. Serial No. 10,025. (No model.)

To au whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES ROBERTS HUGHES, of Bellefonte, in the countyofOentre and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Educational Games, `of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a means forteachingvtheconjugation of the Latin verb and of impressing it upon thememory and at the same time imparting to it the attractive andinteresting features of a game which will appeal even to the dullstudent and insure a proper knowledge of this important element oftheLatin language by the easy and effective method of object teaching. Y

My game is to be entitled Railroading Through Latin Verbsf?V and itcontemplates a cVerb station and four gates leading to as many tracks,each gate and its corresponding track being named to represent one ofthe principal parts of the Latin verb-z'. c., the present indicative,the present infinitive, the perfect indicative, and supine. At suitableintervals along each track are arranged small stations representing theseveral tenses derived from the principal parts of the Verb marking thatgate and track, the active voice being placed on one side of the trackand the passive voice on the other'. able figures, constructed as littleimages representing passengers, are arranged within the station-floor inmiscellaneous relation, and each image is marked with a name of aVdifferent tense of the verb. The game is to be played by spinning anindicator, which, stopping at the name of a certain tense, calls for thestudent to take up that image, place him on his proper car on the trackrepresenting the principal part of the verb from which he is derived,and run him down to his individual station.

A railroad-guide indicating in j uxtaposition the form of the verb, thename of its tense, (or station,) and the gate and track to which itbelongs is provided, all as will be hereinaftenfully described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the station and tracks delineated ontwo pieces of cardboard set up in proper relation and representing alsothe ,dummy passengers in the stations. Fig.` 2 is an enlarged view ofone painted.

of the gates and tracks representing the present indicative mood and theactive and passive tenses derived therefrom. Fig. 3 is therailroad-guide; Fig. 4, the spinning indicator, which calls for theorder of play; and Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the passenger-images.

One large piece of cardboardA serves as a foundation, at the top ofwhich is built or erected of some stiff material a detachable mainstation B, in which the men or passengers are in waiting. On the toweris painted a clock O, Verb station, and under these the Latin verb Amoor any other. Below the station on the flat cardboardA are painted fourtracks running in different directions.

At the head of these tracks fourv gates are To one side of each gate ispainted a pennant bearing the number of the gate,

,the principal part of the verb naming the gate, and the correspondingLatin form.

Small stations deriving their naines from .the tenses formed from thepart on the pennant at the head of the track are painted on' either sideat proper distances, the active on one side and the passive onthe other,and in lthe order in which they occur in the conjugation. Sign-boardsare painted on the stations with the naines of the stations thereonindicated by tenses.

Aguide Dis provided containing in alphabetical order all the Latin formsof the verb, with the name of the form set opposite to it and the numberof the track to which it belongs. The player when in doubt as to where aform belongs can consult the guide and locate it readily.

A little image E represents each form (or passenger) bearing the name ofthat form of vthe verb and the number of the track on which it islocated, as seen in Fig. 5. This is constructed in a simple way with abase of a character to enable it to stand easily.

1 A toy engine F, called Traho, drawing -a'coach with the letters L. R.R. (Latin Rail Road?) painted on it, is provided to run at the will ofthe player in conveying the men to their respective stations. These maybe dispensed with when older students are playing. When the passenger isknown, he

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voices arranged in circular order and bears a central index-hand orpointer which may be spun around and which when stopping at anyparticular verb form indicates that that passenger is to be sent to hisdestination.

Directions for playing: Lay down the foundation-piece A, containing thegates and tracks, according to the position given in Fig. l. At the headof this build up or erect the main station B, opening upon the gates andtracks. Set n p the passengers E in the space between the main stationand the gates. Place the Railroad-guide in a conspicuous place. Placethe train on track No. l. Now spin the pointer of the Indicator. It willpoint to a Latin form. Hunt it up among the forms (passengers) in theWaiting-rooms. If you are in doubt as to what gate he must pass throughand what station he is destined for, immediately consult thel Guide, andit will tell you all. Put the man in the car and run him to his stationand place him thereon. It you want to spin twice in succession or evenoftener to see if more than one passenger in succession is to beconveyed to stations on the same track, so as to make better time inaccomplishing yourpurpose, it is permissible.

Older players, as already intimated, need not use the toy feature ofengine and car. They may simply find the passengers and place them atthe proper stations. At the beginning of the game the car and enginestand at the head of track No. l. Every time the passenger is conveyedto his station the car must be pushed back to the head of that trackbefore spinning the indicator again. If the pointer stops at a formalready designated, take the form named next on the right.

Note the time when the player begins and when he finishes, locating allthe thirty-three (33) passengers, and this record of time is made andpreserved.

Only one at a time can play in the actual operation of the game, theobject being to ascertain how long it requires the player to convey theseveral men to their proper stations or in reality to locate the variousforms of the verb, and thus test his or her knowledge of the same; butWhile one is playing others, young or older, will be interested inwatching and by watching will be learning.

One player after another locates the passengers, and that one is theWilmer who has made the best time. In other words, the victor will be hewho has the best knowledge of the passengers and stations. After perfectfamiliarity with the parts of the verb has been acquired then asubstitution can be made in the mind and the game played with any otherverb of the different conjugations as a model.

This game can be played in any country, the only change needed beingthat of the translation of the directions into the language of thatcountry.

The power of association is so strong that the child mind can readilylearn in an amusing way the tenses of a Latin verb and theircorresponding forms, and when they begin the study of the Latin verb atschool the harder task will have been accomplished, nothing remainingbut the easier part-the inflections.

Latin will always be studied as a classic, and as the verb is theleading word of every Latin sentence its easy conjugation and means formemorizing the same is a matter of great importance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An educational game comprising a representation of a mainrailroad-station, a series of tracks representing the principal parts ofthe verb and having stations along the said track representing thetenses derived from said principal parts of the verb, and movable imagesrepresenting passengers and bearing the various names of the forms ofthe verbs and adapted to be transferred to their proper stationssubstantially as described.

2. An educational game comprising a representation of a mainrailroad-station, a series of tracks representing the principal parts ofthe verb and having stations along the said tracks representing thetenses derived from said principal parts of the verb, movable imagesrepresen ting passengers and bearing the various names of the forms ofthe Verb, and a railroad-guide bearing the names of the forms, thetenses, and the tracks or gates to which they belong substantially asdescribed.

3. An educational game comprising a representation of a mainrailroad-station, a series of tracks representing the principal parts ofthe verb and having stations along the said tracks representing thetenses derived from said principal parts, movable images representingpassengers and bearing the various names of the forms of the verb, and aspinning indicator having the forms of the verb displayed incircularseries, and a central revolving index-hand or pointersubstantially as described.

4. An educational game comprising a representation of a mainrailway-station, a series of tracks representing the principal parts ofthe verb and having stations along the said tracks representing thetenses derived from said principal parts of the verb, one or more dummytrains arranged upon said tracks, and movable images representingpassengers and bearing the various names of the forms of the verbadapted to be transferred to the trains and run to their respectivestations substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROBERTS HUGHES.

Witnesses:

WILBER F. REEDER, II. B. IIEYLMUN.

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